With Congress now signaling that Jill Biden and Dr. Anthony Fauci could face scrutiny in the explosive autopen probe, the question on every American’s mind is: who was really running the show during the Biden White House’s final days?
At a Glance
- Senator Rand Paul names Jill Biden and Anthony Fauci as potential subjects in the congressional autopen investigation.
- Republicans allege President Biden’s use of the autopen for pardons was unauthorized and possibly illegal.
- Key Biden aides and officials have invoked the Fifth Amendment, refusing to testify before Congress.
- Congressional leaders investigating autopen use have themselves used digital signatures, sparking claims of hypocrisy.
Congress Turns Up the Heat on Biden’s Autopen Scandal
Senator Rand Paul isn’t pulling any punches. He’s made it clear: Jill Biden and Dr. Anthony Fauci are now officially on the congressional radar as the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee deepens its probe into the Biden administration’s use of the autopen for presidential signatures. This is not a run-of-the-mill paperwork audit. We’re talking about over 4,000 clemency documents — including some of the most controversial last-minute pardons in U.S. history — rubber-stamped by a machine, not the president himself. Anthony Fauci, the face of pandemic policy, and Jill Biden, the former First Lady, could soon be answering tough questions about what they knew and when. Americans who care about the rule of law, presidential authority, and basic transparency have every right to be furious.
Rand Paul signals Jill Biden, Anthony Fauci could be looked at in autopen probe https://t.co/YYovep4pEr
— The Hill (@thehill) July 27, 2025
In the final stretch of the Biden presidency — a period already mired in questions about the president’s mental acuity — reports surfaced that Chief of Staff Jeff Zients was approving the autopen’s use for high-stakes pardons. The sheer scale of these autopen actions has never been seen before. And the kicker? Some of Biden’s closest staff, including Dr. Kevin O’Connor and top Jill Biden aide Anthony Bernal, have lawyered up and invoked the Fifth Amendment, stonewalling congressional questions about who actually authorized these decisions. While Democrats circle the wagons, Republican lawmakers are on the warpath, demanding accountability and warning that this may be just the tip of a much larger iceberg.
House and White House Both Under Fire
The White House counsel’s office has been forced to launch its own internal investigation, a move that reeks of desperation more than transparency. As the congressional probe heats up, the hypocrisy is almost too much to stomach: Chairman James Comer, the very man leading the charge against Biden, has been caught using digital signatures for his own official documents. So now, not only is the American public left wondering who’s really signing off on presidential pardons, but we’ve got a congressional circus where the ringmasters are guilty of the same sins they’re investigating. You couldn’t make this stuff up.
Meanwhile, former President Trump is rightfully calling this the “biggest scandal” and is pushing Attorney General Pam Bondi to open a full DOJ investigation. Sen. Paul, never one to mince words, is going so far as to refile a criminal referral against Fauci, arguing that his pardon — issued by autopen — may be fundamentally illegitimate. With multiple hearings, ongoing subpoenas, and a White House in damage control, this investigation is far from over. Key witnesses are refusing to testify. The media is circling like sharks. And the American people, once again, are left holding the bag for an administration that treated the Constitution like a suggestion instead of the law of the land.
Legal and Political Fallout Looms
Legal experts are not mincing words: there’s a real debate about whether the use of the autopen for pardons — something never before done on this scale — is even constitutional. The law says the president must be consciously involved in executive actions, and having a machine sign off on the most consequential decisions in government may not cut it in a court of law. If these pardons are challenged, we could see years of litigation — and a major reckoning for everyone involved.
Politically, the damage is already done. The American public’s trust in government is at rock bottom, and stories like this are exactly why. While Democrats and their media cheerleaders try to dismiss this as a procedural hiccup, Republicans and millions of everyday Americans see it for what it is: government overreach, lack of accountability, and a complete disregard for the rules that are supposed to keep our leaders in check. The next few months will tell whether Congress has the backbone to follow this probe wherever it leads — even if it means exposing rot at the highest levels of the previous administration.
